Article
Acquisition and cross-transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in European intensive care units.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Feb 2009
Bloemendaal Alexander L A, Fluit Ad C, Jansen Wouter M T, Vriens Menno R, Ferry Tristan, Argaud Laurent, Amorim Jose M, Resende A C, Pascual Alvaro, López-Cerero Lorena, Stefani Stefania, Castiglione Giacomo, Evangelopoulou Penelope, Tsiplakou Sophia, Rinkes Inne H M Borel, Verhoef Jan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the acquisition and cross-transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in different intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS: We performed a multicenter cohort study. Six ICUs in 6 countries participated. During a 3-month period at each ICU, all patients had nasal and perineal swab specimens obtained at ICU admission and during their stay. All S. aureus isolates that were collected were genotyped by spa...
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